Imagine a justice system that restores, rebuilds, and redeems.

We're the Coalition for Public Safety. We're the largest bipartisan effort in the U.S. working on justice reform at the local, state & federal levels.

In an unprecedented way, we bring together the nation's most prominent conservative and progressive organizations to pursue an aggressive criminal justice reform effort. Our partners reach tens of millions of Americans seeking commonsense reforms, and will work to build consensus around comprehensive efforts that are designed to address some of the most pressing issues facing the nation's criminal justice system.

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Our Partners

“Americans for Tax Reform is committed to working with all political tendencies to reform our criminal justice system to reduce the financial costs it imposes on taxpayers and the human costs inflicted on the families and communities of both offenders and the victims of crime. We should measure success by how few crimes are committed, how few crimes go unpunished, not by the amount of tax dollars spent on prisons or the number of American citizens incarcerated.”

“CAP is excited to be a part of this diverse Coalition to tackle this most pressing issue – the need for comprehensive criminal justice reform at the federal, state and local level. This Coalition demonstrates the growing bipartisan moment around criminal justice reform, and the urgency of this issue makes it important to see past any divisions in the fight to make progress. We all realize that the time to act is now – we are losing too many people, families and communities – particularly communities of color – to a broken system. We look forward to collaborating across ideological lines on innovative solutions to this nationwide problem.”

“The Faith & Freedom Coalition is honored to join this historic Coalition focused on restoring an American justice system badly in need of smart reform. Our nation deserves a justice system that protects the public, reduces crime and its cost to taxpayers, and provides a pathway to rehabilitation for those who choose to take it, so that individuals, families, and communities can be whole. We look forward to the Coalition for Public Safety becoming a beacon for honest conversation and real policy reform on one of the most important, but least talked about issues in American public life.”

"FreedomWorks is proud to be part of the Coalition for Public Safety, which has brought together progressive and conservative partners to advance common sense reforms that will save taxpayers money, reduce recidivism, and enhance public safety. This is an important moment in our nation's history. We've seen states begin to get smarter on crime through meaningful sentencing and corrections reforms, drug courts, and second chance policies that make our communities safer. There is so much more work to be done, but steps forward have been taken, and we must continue to educate the grassroots on justice reinvestment at the state and federal level."

“The criminalization of poor, communities of color is a stain our democracy. We are proud to be a charter member of a coalition that has helped to push for smart on crime policies at the state and federal level that reduce incarceration and keep our families safe. We look forward to future success working together to build a fairer justice system.”

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund

"The American criminal justice system continues to disproportionately affect African-Americans, with policies that separate troubled people from the treatment they need, denies families the ability to be whole and imposes barriers that haunt individuals well after they have served their sentence. We look forward to working with the coalition to create policies that reduce crime without conditions that carry across generations."

“There are very real differences between many of the groups that have come together to form the Coalition for Public Safety. While we disagree with some of our partners on much concerning the proper function of government, we embrace the opportunity to work together to improve the nation’s criminal justice system through reforms that reduce crime, empower victims, and protect taxpayers.

Most importantly, Right on Crime is happy to join a coalition that understands that improving public safety is the main reason we must reform the criminal justice system. America’s founders understood that the primary role of government was to ensure ordered liberty. They knew that, without public safety, there was no room for a flourishing civil society.

To that end, we recognize that our country cannot continue to have a system in which non-violent offenders emerge from prisons more dangerous than they were when they entered. It is especially perverse that Americans pay so much of their hard-earned tax dollars for such a failing system.

We look forward to finding areas of consensus to ensure that our corrections system makes America safer.”

What can we do?

Criminal justice reform affects everyone: it helps families, rebuilds communities, improves public safety, and so much more. The good news is smart, passionate people are already working on reform every day. The easiest thing that we can all do is get educated and stay informed.